PIKE TASTING & MEET THE FOUNDERS -- Meet the
founder of Pike Brewing and Merchant du Vin Importers,
Charles & Rose Ann Finkel, who will hang out at Belmont Station for a few hours and
offer tastes of the full range of Pike Beer (that's 8 or 9 styles,
including the brand new scrumptious batch of Double IPA) On

Charles and Roseann Finkel

tap:
Double IPA, Monk's Uncle Tripel, & 5X Stout on tap, and a very
special flight with Pike Monk's Uncle and 5X paired with Blissful
chocolate truffles made with each beer!6-8 p.m. Friday, Belmont Station, 4500 S.E. Stark St.

BARLEY'S ANGELS -- Join author, beer blogger and
radio host Lisa "Beer Goddess" Morrison for the first meeting of the
Beer O'Clock Chapter of Barley's Angels -- a worldwide organization that
helps women chart their own good-beer journeys. BA chapters in Canada,
England, Australia and other locations will also hold their first
meetings this weekend. In Astoria, Morrison and group will taste and
compare at least six beers, pairing them with food and learning about
beer as a healthy part of the diet. The event happens in Fort George's
new brewery, so there'll be a brewery tour and a chance to learn
first-hand how beer is brewed. 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Fort George brewery, 1483 Duane St., Astoria; $35, women only, sign up by e-mail:

MIGRATION'S
FIRST YEAR --Migration Brewing is a year old on Saturday and celebrating with a
day of new beers, music, brewery tours and the official launch of its
Charlie's Brew Crew mug club. 1 p.m.-close Saturday, Migration Brewpub, 2828 N.E. Glisan St.;

DESCHUTES
AT THE MOON -- Deschutes representatives will bring some great beers
for this tasting, including Crown Point Brown Ale, Hugh Hefner's Jacket
-- a smoked Helles, Black Butte XXI, The Dissident, Jubel 2010 and two
vintages of The Abyss. 4 p.m. Wednesday, Moon & Sixpence, 2014 N.E. 42nd Ave.SPEAKING OF DESCHUTES -- Deschutes Brewery is getting a lot of richly deserved
goodwill for its recent decision to buy back bottles of Mirror Mirror
and 2009 Abyss that soured from brettanomyces. They'll pay retail price
for unopened bottles as a way of showing their commitment to making the
best possible beer. I've got a couple of those bottles, but I'll keep
'em -- and I'll respect Deschutes' beers and business ethics even more
than I already do. SOB
IN PDX -- Southern Oregon Brewery founder Tom Hammond will be in town

Wednesday to help launch the brewery's excellent Na Zdravi Czech-style
pilsner, the perfect beer for the warm days that our headed our way,
right? 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Radio Room, 1101 N.E. Alberta St.

BREAKSIDE
EXPANDS BREWERY -- It's a problem that all young brewpubs wish they
had, but enthusiastic customers did actually drink Breakside dry of
their own beers recently. To remedy the situation, they installed two
new fermenters and doubled their production capacity, and brewer Ben
Edmunds continues to release experimental beers each week, often gone
within hours. This week's is Castagno Selvatico, an Italian-inspired
brown ale brewed with chestnuts and fermented with a wild yeast strain.
Now that's experimental! 3 p.m. Wednesday, Breakside Brewing, 820 N.E. Dekum St.